Table 2.
Biochemical index of fat-soluble vitamins before and after treatment of chylothorax with an MCT-rich diet
| Subject No. | Retinol‡ (mcg/dl) |
25-OHD‡ (ng/ml) |
α-TE‡ (µg/dl) |
α-TE/total lipids‡ (mg/g) |
PTT‡ |
PT‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | |
| 1 | 15.87 | 11.19 | 6.69 | 16.45 | 1366.29 | 684.75 | NA | 4.28 | 24.70 | 20.40 | 14.10 | 14.60 |
| 2 | 29.99 | 33.88 | 25.35 | 34.47 | 1188.68 | 611.84 | 4.40 | 2.44 | 22.70 | 24.70 | 11.60 | 11.70 |
| 3 | 25.97 | 38.21 | 24.04 | 8.17 | 1091.10 | 422.27 | 5.01 | 2.02 | 26.60 | 31.30 | 13.50 | 13.70 |
| 4 | 46.36 | 43.84 | 22.70 | 23.20 | 629.08 | 616.30 | 2.35 | 3.16 | 27.30 | 28.00 | 14.50 | 14.30 |
| 5 | 45.70 | 66.20 | 26.20 | 23.20 | 1036.17 | 423.08 | 4.26 | 2.03 | 25.10 | 25.90 | 10.90 | 11.70 |
| 6 | 15.39 | 47.80 | 7.29 | 10.40 | 1458.38 | 770.42 | 3.75 | 1.75 | 25.60 | 39.00 | 16.20 | 22.10 |
| 7 | 37.61 | 69.58 | 11.90 | 4.64 | 494.67 | 619.13 | 2.65 | 2.63 | 24.20 | 24.20 | 14.20 | 13.90 |
| 8 | 68.46 | 65.95 | 29.18 | 26.21 | 767.38 | 418.00 | 3.97 | 2.53 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 9 | 18.23 | 28.97 | 9.94 | 14.02 | 845.73 | 590.23 | 3.90 | 2.35 | 23.60 | 26.90 | 13.20 | 13.10 |
| Mean ± SD | 33.73 ± 17.65 | 45.07 ± 19.59 | 18.14 ± 9.01 | 17.86 ± 9.64 | 986.39 ± 327.62 | 572.89 ± 125.74 | 3.78 ± 0.89 | 2.36 ± 0.44 | 24.97 ± 1.52 | 27.55 ± 5.59 | 13.52 ± 1.67 | 14.39 ± 3.30 |
F; female, M; male, NA; not available, 25-OHD; 25-hydroxy vitamin D, α-TE; α-tocopherol, α-TE/total lipids; α-tocopherol/sum of cholesterol and triglyceride, PTT; partial thromboplastin time, PT; prothrombin time, NA; not available. ‡McNemar test used for comparing data between before and after 28 days of a MCT-rich diet, categorized as deficient/ normal groups or abnormally prolonged/normal groups according to the cut-off values.